[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 177 (Friday, November 18, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H7889-H7891]
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                      PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

  Under clause 2 of rule XII, public bills and resolutions of the 
following titles were introduced and severally referred, as follows:

           By Mr. RAHALL (for himself and Mr. Petri):
       H.R. 3473. A bill to provide employment opportunities for 
     veterans in transportation construction projects, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
           By Mr. STEARNS:
       H.R. 3474. A bill to amend titles XI and XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to prevent fraud and abuse under the 
     Medicare program and to require National Provider Identifiers 
     for reimbursement of prescriptions under part D of the 
     Medicare program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
     Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
     fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. Sam JOHNSON of Texas (for himself, Mr. Berg, Mr. 
             Brady of Texas, Mr. Herger, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. 
             Marchant, Mr. Schock, and Mr. Tiberi):
       H.R. 3475. A bill to protect information received by the 
     Commissioner of Social Security related to deceased 
     individuals; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. HANNA (for himself and Mr. Keating):
       H.R. 3476. A bill to provide incentives for economic 
     growth, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 
     and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently 
     determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
     such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
     committee concerned.
           By Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Carter, 
             Mr. McCaul, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. 
             Hinojosa, Ms. Granger, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. 
             Smith of Texas, Mr. Flores, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
             Culberson, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
             Texas, Mr. Olson, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. 
             Canseco, Mr. Hall, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Barton of Texas, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Reyes, Mr. 
             Gonzalez, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. 
             Burgess, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
             Johnson of Texas, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. 
             Boustany, Mr. Chaffetz, Ms. Hayworth, Mr. Baca, and 
             Mr. Pence):

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       H.R. 3477. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, 
     Texas, as the Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office 
     Building; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Mr. GONZALEZ:
       H.R. 3478. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to extend bond authority for those empowerment and 
     enterprise zones with unused bond limitation at the end of 
     2011; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Smith 
             of Texas, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Palazzo):
       H.R. 3479. A bill to reauthorize Federal natural hazards 
     reduction programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural 
     Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
     Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
     fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
       H.R. 3480. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide for the termination of further retirement benefits 
     for Members of Congress, except the right to continue 
     participating in the Thrift Savings Plan, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on House Administration, and in 
     addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
     for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
     each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
     the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:
       H.R. 3481. A bill to prohibit universal service support of 
     commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. CASTOR of Florida:
       H.R. 3482. A bill to prevent identity theft and tax crimes; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
     determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
     such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
     committee concerned.
           By Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
             Cardoza, and Mr. Jones):
       H.R. 3483. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled 
     to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational 
     Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs who 
     are pursuing programs of education at institutions of higher 
     learning, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. FARR (for himself, Ms. Berkley, Mrs. 
             Christensen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Rahall, 
             Mr. Engel, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Olver, Mr. Dicks, and Mr. 
             Reyes):
       H.R. 3484. A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
     establish a competitive grant program to promote domestic 
     regional tourism; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
             Cicilline, Mr. Polis, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
             Serrano, Ms. Speier, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holt, Mr. Clay, 
             Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Lee of California, Mrs. 
             Maloney, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
             Gutierrez, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Langevin, 
             Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
             Honda, Mr. Stark, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Moore, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. 
             Napolitano, Mr. Crowley, Mr. George Miller of 
             California, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Moran, Mr. Doggett, Ms. 
             Roybal-Allard, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Berman, 
             Mr. Cummings, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Dingell, 
             Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. 
             Filner, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Michaud, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
             Cohen, Mr. Farr, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Ellison, Mr. 
             Welch, and Mr. McGovern):
       H.R. 3485. A bill to provide certain benefits to domestic 
     partners of Federal employees; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Education and the Workforce, House Administration, and the 
     Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
     Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
     fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Ms. BASS of California (for herself, Mr. Schilling, 
             Mr. McDermott, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. 
             Towns, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. 
             Clarke of New York, and Ms. Richardson):
       H.R. 3486. A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and 
     Treatment Act to require States receiving funds under section 
     106 of such Act to have in effect a State law providing for a 
     criminal penalty on an individual who fails to report 
     witnessing another individual engaging in sexual abuse of a 
     child; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BUCHANAN:
       H.R. 3487. A bill to encourage job creation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
     to the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Energy 
     and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Education and 
     the Workforce, Small Business, and Oversight and Government 
     Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
     Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
     fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. BUCSHON (for himself and Mr. Landry):
       H.R. 3488. A bill to prohibit foreign assistance to 
     countries with a gross domestic product of $1,500,000,000,000 
     or more; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
           By Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mrs. Maloney, 
             Mr. King of New York, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey):
       H.R. 3489. A bill to require the President to call a White 
     House Conference on Autism; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
           By Mr. CHANDLER (for himself and Mr. Loebsack):
       H.R. 3490. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
     make grants to State educational agencies for the 
     modernization, renovation, or repair of public school 
     facilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. CICILLINE:
       H.R. 3491. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying 
     contacts; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. HAHN:
       H.R. 3492. A bill to amend section 70107 of title 46, 
     United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the port 
     security grant program through 2015; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security.
           By Mr. HASTINGS of Florida:
       H.R. 3493. A bill to establish a commission to study 
     employment and economic insecurity in the United States 
     workforce; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. HECK:
       H.R. 3494. A bill to restore faith and trust in the United 
     States economy and financial system by reducing Federal 
     spending, reducing the size of the Federal workforce, 
     liquidating certain property and assets of the Federal 
     Government, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
     Committees on Appropriations, the Budget, and Natural 
     Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
     Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
     fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. HONDA (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Berkley, 
             Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Carson of 
             Indiana, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. 
             Davis of Illinois, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Clarke of New 
             York, and Mr. Jackson of Illinois):
       H.R. 3495. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide market-based manufacturing incentives, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. Reichert):
       H.R. 3496. A bill to sustain fish, plants, and wildlife on 
     America's public lands; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
     each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
     the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. LANCE:
       H.R. 3497. A bill to promote the development of meaningful 
     treatments for patients; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 
     Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
     determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
     such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
     committee concerned.
           By Mr. McKEON (for himself, Mr. Andrews, and Mr. 
             Hunter):
       H.R. 3498. A bill to provide for high-quality academic 
     tutoring for low-income students, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:
       H.R. 3499. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to use section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, to provide 
     compensation to certain poultry producers whose poultry 
     production contracts were terminated or not renewed because 
     of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost 
     cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company 
     in bankruptcy protection; to the Committee on Agriculture.
           By Mr. REHBERG (for himself and Mr. Miller of Florida):
       H.R. 3500. A bill to provide for the conveyance of a small 
     parcel of National Forest System land in the Flathead 
     National Forest in the State of Montana containing a World 
     War II memorial to the Whitefish Mountain Resort; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
           By Mr. STUTZMAN:
       H.R. 3501. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 125 Kerr Avenue in Rome 
     City, Indiana, as the ``SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post 
     Office''; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
           By Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Clay, Mr. Miller of 
             North Carolina, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Cleaver, 
             Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Peters, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
             Richardson, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, 
             Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Jackson Lee of

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             Texas, Mr. Kildee, and Mr. Carnahan):
       H.R. 3502. A bill to create jobs and reinvest in 
     communities through the rehabilitation of abandoned and 
     foreclosed residential and commercial properties, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.
           By Mr. WESTMORELAND:
       H.R. 3503. A bill to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
     to make Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 
     disciplinary proceedings open to the public; to the Committee 
     on Financial Services.
           By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:
       H.R. 3504. A bill to provide for a website to receive gifts 
     to reduce the public debt; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.
           By Mr. DEUTCH:
       H.J. Res. 90. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude 
     for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural 
     persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit 
     corporate spending in all elections, and affirm the authority 
     of Congress and the States to regulate corporations and to 
     regulate and set limits on all election contributions and 
     expenditures; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HALL (for himself and Mr. Dingell):
       H. Con. Res. 89. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense 
     of the Congress regarding National Pearl Harbor Remembrance 
     Day; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to 
     the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be 
     subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
     consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
           By Mr. HARPER:
       H. Con. Res. 90. Concurrent resolution authorizing the 
     printing of the 25th edition of the pocket version of the 
     United States Constitution; to the Committee on House 
     Administration.
           By Mr. DREIER (for himself and Mr. Meeks):
       H. Res. 472. A resolution expressing the sense of the House 
     of Representatives that the United States should initiate 
     negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement with Egypt; 
     to the Committee on Ways and Means.
           By Ms. RICHARDSON (for herself, Mr. Langevin, Mr. 
             Meeks, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, and Ms. Norton):
       H. Res. 473. A resolution expressing support for the goals 
     and ideals of National Family Caregivers Month; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
           By Mr. BOSWELL:
       H. Res. 474. A resolution recognizing the valuable 
     contributions of community colleges and encouraging local 
     partnerships with such institutions to train and revitalize 
     the United States workforce, inspire entrepreneurship, 
     educate skilled workers, and invest in local communities; to 
     the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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